History Fridge / Danganronpa

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* Why do the first executions in each game always stand out as a CruelAndUnusualDeath even compared to the rest of them? Simple, it's ''because'' they're the first execution. In each game, everyone is usually skeptical of Monokuma's claims at first, and doubt he has as much power and brutality as he says like he does. In making the first punishment as agonizing and brutal as he can, he sets the precedence that he's every bit as scary as schoolmates planning to commit murders, and defying him just flat out isn't an option. It's also meant to shock out any hope that they have that this experience won't be unpleasant as it's made out to be, and getting caught if you decide to take the leap is going to be ''bad'', making the future murders more elaborate and better planned.
* In ''IF'', the mastermind briefly pretends to be a Hope's Peak upperclassman named "Besshiki Madarai." In ''LightNovel/DanganronpaZero'', there's a Hope's Peak student that is an upperclassman named ''Isshiki'' Madarai who is part of a set of octuplets with 1-8 based NumericalThemeNaming (Isshiki, Nishiki, Mishiki, Yoshiki, Goshiki, Rokushiki, Shichishiki, and Yasshiki).
* Junko Enoshima (the real one) has been described as BrilliantButLazy. While she's hardly lazy (she'd have to be quite a hard worker to go to the trouble of setting up and carrying out her scheme), it would make perfect sense if she was, as despair and laziness are both aspects of the [[SevenDeadlySins Deadly Sin]] of {{Sloth}}.
** ''Danganronpa 3'' reveals that she was dependent on Mukuro for the Tragedy plans, so perhaps she was indeed a bit lazy, if brainwashing by despair anime instead of Hannibal Lecturing is any indication.
* Some of the students' talents don't really make sense due to not really being talents, such as Mondo's "Ultimate Biker Gang Leader" from ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and Fuyuhiko's "Ultimate Yakuza" and Sonia's "Ultimate Princess" from ''Goodbye Despair''. However, while those may not be talents in and of themselves, all of them involve some form of leadership or other, and the students with them would therefore know quite a lot about managing large organizations (or countries in the case of Sonia). Fuyuhiko would also likely know a lot about various criminal activities, and Mondo would have good knowledge in regards to controlling lots of unruly thugs. It may be that their titles in this case are just short-hand for a wide variety of talents that people with such titles would bring to the table.
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!!Works with their own pages:

[[AC:Main installments]]

* ''Fridge/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''
* ''Fridge/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''
* ''Fridge/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''
* ''Fridge/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''

[[AC:Spin-offs]]

* ''Fridge/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls''

* ''Fridge/DanganronpaZero''

* ''Fridge/Danganronpa3TheEndHopesPeakHighSchool''

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* Why do the first executions in each game always stand out as a CruelAndUnusualDeath even compared to the rest of them? Simple, it's ''because'' they're the first execution. In each game everyone is usually skeptical of Monokuma's claims at first and doubt he has as much power and brutality as he says like he does. In making the first punishment as agonizing and brutal as he can, he sets the precedence that he's every bit as scary as schoolmates planning to commit murders, and defying him just flat out isn't an option. It's also meant to shock out any hope that they have that this experience won't be unpleasant as it's made out to be, and getting caught if you decide to take the leap is going to be ''bad'', making the future murders more elaborate and better planned.

* In ''IF'', the mastermind briefly pretends to be a Hope's Peak upperclassman named "Besshiki Madarai." In ''LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero'', there's a Hope's Peak student that is an upperclassman named ''Isshiki'' Madarai who is part of a set of octuplets with 1-8 based NumericalThemeNaming (Isshiki, Nishiki, Mishiki, Yoshiki, Goshiki, Rokushiki, Shichishiki, and Yasshiki).

** Danganronpa 3 reveals that she was dependent on Mukuro for the Tragedy plans, so perhaps she was indeed a bit lazy, if brainwashing by despair anime instead of Hannibal Lecturing is any indication.

* In ''IF'', the mastermind briefly pretends to be a Hope's Peak upperclassman named "Besshiki Madarai." In LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero, there's a Hope's Peak student that is an upperclassman named ''Isshiki'' Madarai who is part of a set of octuplets with 1-8 based NumericalThemeNaming (Isshiki, Nishiki, Mishiki, Yoshiki, Goshiki, Rokushiki, Shichishiki, and Yasshiki).

* Some of the students' talents don't really make sense due to not really being talents, such as Mondo's "Ultimate Biker Gang Leader" from ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and Fuyuhiko's "Ultimate Yakuza" and Sonia's "Ultimate Princess" from ''Goodbye Despair''. However, while those may not be talents in and of themselves, all of them involve some form of leadership or other, and the students with them would therefore know quite a lot about managing large organizations (or countries in the case of Sonia). Fuyuhiko would also likely know a lot about various criminal activities, and Mondo would have good knowledge in regards to controlling lots of unruly thugs. It may be that their titles in this case are just short-hand for a wide variety of talents these people bring to the table.

* Some of the students' talents don't necessarily make a lot of sense due to not really being talents, such as Mondo's "Ultimate Biker Gang Leader" from ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and Fuyuhiko's "Ultimate Yakuza" and Sonia's "Ultimate Princess" from ''Goodbye Despair''. However, while those may not be talents in and of themselves, all of them involve some form of leadership or other, and the students with them would therefore know quite a lot about managing large organizations (or countries in the case of Sonia). Fuyuhiko would also likely know a lot about various criminal activities, and Mondo would have good knowledge in regards to controlling lots of unruly thugs. It may be that their titles in this case are just short-hand for a wide variety of talents these people bring to the table.

* Some of the students' talents don't necessarily make a lot of sense due to not really being talents, for example Ultimate Biker Gang Leader from ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and Ultimate Yakuza and Ultimate Princess from ''Goodbye Despair''. But while those may not be talents in and of themselves, all of them are leaders of some form or other, and would therefore know quite a lot about managing large organizations (or countries in the case of the Ultimate Princess). The Ultimate Yakuza would also likely know a lot about various criminal activities, or controlling lots of unruly thugs (Ultimate Biker Gang Leader). It may be that their titles in this case are just short-hand for a wide variety of talents these people bring to the table.

* Some of the Ultimates don't necessarily make a lot of sense due to not really being talents, for example Ultimate Biker Gang Leader from ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and Ultimate Yakuza and Ultimate Princess from ''Goodbye Despair''. But while those may not be talents in and of themselves, all of them are leaders of some form or other, and would therefore know quite a lot about managing large organizations (or countries in the case of the Ultimate Princess). The Ultimate Yakuza would also likely know a lot about various criminal activities, or controlling lots of unruly thugs (Ultimate Biker Gang Leader). It may be that their titles in this case are just short-hand for a wide variety of talents these people bring to the table.

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* Some of the Ultimates don't necessarily make a lot of sense due to not really being talents, for example Ultimate Biker Gang Leader from ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and Ultimate Yakuza and Ultimate Princess from ''Goodbye Despair''. But while those may not be talents in and of themselves, all of them are leaders of some form or other, and would therefore know quite a lot about managing large organizations (or countries in the case of the Ultimate Princess). The Ultimate Yakuza would also likely know a lot about various criminal activities, or controlling lots of unruly thugs (Ultimate Biker Gang Leader). It may be that their titles in this case are just short-hand for a wide variety of talents these people bring to the table.

** Danganronpa 3 reveals that she was dependent on Mukuro for the Tragedy plans, so perhaps she was indeed a bit lazy, if brainwashing by despair anime instead of Hannibal Lecturing is any indication.

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